- Dec 2 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes
- Dec 7 52nd US Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session
- Dec 19 1st Negro Catholic priest ordained in US, Charles Uncles, Baltimore
- Dec 19 Canadian Rugby Union forms
- Dec 20 Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses
Basketball's 1st Game
Dec 21 First game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, played by 18 students in Springfield, Massachusetts
- Dec 29 Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio)
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